Ăn'o-dȳne1, n.
n. [Lat. anodynum (sc. medicamentum), Gr. ἀνώδυνον (sc. φάρμακον). See ANODYNE, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic.
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Anodyne
An'o-dȳne2, a.
a. [Lat. anodynus, Gr. ἀνώδυνος, free from pain, stilling pain, from ἀν priv. and ὀδύνη, pain.] Serving to assuage pain. “The anodyne draught of oblivion.” Burke.
☞ “The word is chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.” New Am. Cyc.